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  • The “Crossroads” Grocery Store

    The “Crossroads” Grocery Store

    ‘ Special Note – I attended a taping of Ellen yesterday afternoon and ended up being ON the show as one of her game contestants.  🙂 🙂 🙂  The episode will air today, so tune in!  I absolutely CANNOT wait to see it!  And now, on with the post . . . A couple of weeks…

  • The Arts District Firehouse Hotel from “ER”

    The Arts District Firehouse Hotel from “ER”

    ‘ The Grim Cheaper likes to say that I fixate on the silliest of things.  I typically scoff at the notion, but he’s 100% right.  Case in point – a few months back favorite blogger Emily Schuman, of Cupcakes and Cashmere, did a photo shoot at the Arts District Firehouse Hotel, a stylish fire-station-turned-lodging in…

  • Now! Clothing from “L.A. Story”

    Now! Clothing from “L.A. Story”

    ‘ My second most-wanted location from the 1991 classic comedy L.A. Story was Now!, the ultra-hip clothing store with unisex dressing rooms where SanDeE* (my girl Sarah Jessica Parker) worked.  (My first most-wanted was, of course, the iconic freeway sign that I blogged about last Thursday.)  So I was floored to see that the locale…

  • I Have Got to Get Me One of These!

    I Have Got to Get Me One of These!

    ‘ While driving this weekend, I happened to pass by this interesting contraption and just had to stop and take a pic! LOL! Apparently “Dan, the Handyman” is willing to rent out his boom-lift to paparazzi for picture taking at those hard-to-stalk locations. This device would have come in handy when I stalked Brad and…

  • My Weekend with Michael Buble!

    My Weekend with Michael Buble!

    ‘ This past weekend was an absolute whirlwind – so much so that I am still trying to process the whole thing. It all started a couple of weeks back when I received a phone call from a good friend who informed me that the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, of which he is…

  • Cabo Cantina from “Annie Hall”

    Cabo Cantina from “Annie Hall”

    ‘ The May 2013 issue of Los Angeles magazine featured a short column about a new documentary called The Source Family which detailed the life of a World War II vet turned spiritual guru named Jim Baker (not to be confused with televangelist Jim Bakker), who became most famous for founding both The Source Family…

  • The Most Photographed Home in the World!

    The Most Photographed Home in the World!

    ‘ About three months ago my mom challenged me to find a house that had been used in a famous photograph back in the 1960s.  The only information she remembered about the photograph was that it was an advertisement of some sort shot in black and white and that it featured two women sitting in…

  • The Disneyland Locations from “Saving Mr. Banks”

    The Disneyland Locations from “Saving Mr. Banks”

    ‘ In February (on what turned out to be an exorbitantly crowded day), the Grim Cheaper and I visited The Happiest Place on Earth with Miss Pinky Lovejoy, of the Thinking Pink blog, and her husband, Keith Coogan.   Since I had just recently watched – and fallen in love with – Saving Mr. Banks, I…

  • The World’s Largest Collection of MM Memorabilia and . . . A New Fiance?

    The World’s Largest Collection of MM Memorabilia and . . . A New Fiance?

    ‘ Last week, while stalking in Hollywood, I dragged my mom to the Hollywood Museum, which is currently exhibiting one of the largest collections of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia in the entire world. The entire drive there I could barely sit still in my seat I was so absolutely floored to see the exhibit, and I…

  • The Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel

    The Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel

    ‘ While in Catalina this past week, as much as I wanted to stay at the Pavilion Lodge, my family instead opted to book a room at a little place called the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel.  And even though it’”‘”‘s never been a filming location, because the hotel was once the private residence of world-renowned author…